Bucks guard Charlie Bell and / or his agent, Mark Bartelstein, will make a major announcement Monday.

It is a part of my job that is very cool and sometimes very bad -- knowing how things work behind the scenes, and how the things you read in the newspaper, see on television or hear on the radio are not always how things go down. In the case of Charlie Bell, most of it is exactly the way it is being presented; some of it not.

Bottom line: Charlie will not be on the team this year if he has his way. The biggest issue is the team showing appreciation to a player who has earned and justified a significant pay raise after getting an opportunity, which he has done.

Here is where it gets dicey. I know there are some of you that feel if someone offered to triple your salary, you can not understand how the person would feel disrespected. In the world of professional sports it is about two things ... your playing time and your money, and if one of those is not being satisfied, you will have problems.

Charlie plays with guys on the Bucks who make between $5 million to $9 million dollars a year who might not even start unless there is a major injury to a front-line player. Charlie sees this and says "OK, I've earned a fair share of loot by coming off an injury and playing all 82 games last year and playing well for this team."

Now, if you are the Bucks, you had "other priorities" to take care of like Mo Williams and Yi Jianlian. So, when it comes to Charlie we promise to take care of him, but on our conditions because we have him as a restricted free agent.

Because of logistics this off-season there is not as much money around the league for Bell to get offers for the Bucks to match. This leads to the Bucks bidding against themselves, which means you end up always trying to buy low. This forces Charlie to look back overseas to get you to raise your bid for his services, which you do. Larry Harris to me is like the Secret Service and the White House Press Secretary combined, always taking bullets for his president and explaining things that don't make sense. I know Larry already has someone he's going to bring in no matter what.

In my humble opinion, Charlie Bell is worth more than what the Bucks offered (3 years at $9 million), but if there is no market to bid against, then you're stuck. The Bucks have overpaid in the past and should not overpay in this case, and to be honest with you, they played this the right way, but this is a situation that didn't have to get this point.

I must disclose that I have a good friendship with Charlie, and I hope this blog is not being presented with bias. However this ends up though, I understand both sides of the argument ... I just don't like the results. Remember like anything else in life, "It is what it is," but also remember that "It isn't over 'til it's over."